Using the rank-size rule, a country's fourth largest city is expected to be about ________ the size of the largest city.
A) equivalent to
B) nine-tenths
C) one-tenth
D) one quarter
E) one-sixteenth

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According to the rank-size rule, the population of a city is inversely proportional to its rank. Therefore, the fourth largest city is expected to be about one-quarter the size of the largest city.

Using the Rank-Size Rule, a Country's Fourth Largest City Is